23:53 - Sunny PagliaccioNote to self: Do NOT open links on max volume in the middle of a quiet night. Otherwise, not bad. :D

23:52 - ApothecaryFast food workers planning a strike in support of $15/hour wages next month. I'm a tutor in a reading lab at a college and I don't even make that much, a bit of an overestimation of one's importance, don'tcha think?

Negură Bunget have issued the following band update, including a detailed year recap and their plans for the future:

"2010 was the most intense year in the history of the band. Two albums released, Măiestrit on Prophecy Production and Vîrstele Pămîntului on Code666 Records, followed by a long European tour as headliners (Spirit of the Land Tour), another tour in autumn (Black Trolls Over Europe), some festivals in between (including Hellfest), some line-up changes (guitarists Corb and Spin were replaced by Urzit and Fulmineos), a MCD to symbolically end our 10 years cooperation with Code666 Records and a lot of work, all make this year special and unforgettable.

Figures for 2010: 72 gigs played, 2 European Tours as headliners, more than 50.000 km of driving on our van, 66 answered interviews, more than 10.000 CD's sold.
We thank everybody who helped us in any way, and we promise we are already focusing on making 2011 even more special!

The firsts signs are here already: 2011 marks 15 years of Negură Bunget, so all our activities will celebrate this anniversary. We already have the release of the Live DVD, Focul Viu, set for March, the April tour along Enslaved (which includes a special performance at Ragnarök Festival) and some summer festivals (of which Party.San is already announced). 2011 will also develop one of our most ambitious project, The Transilvanian Trilogy."